# Issue: Selected model is at capacity **URL:** \ **Category:** Codex\ **Tags:** capacity-limit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197 "2026-10-14T06:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![feliceM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/felicem/32/448369_2.png) [@feliceM](https://community.openai.com/u/feliceM)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/1 "2026-10-14T06:47:13Z")
This is quite frustrating! I am a Pro subscriber located in South Africa. It is now the second day that often I get “Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model.” This is happening with SOL 5.6, SOL 6.1, Astra. One after the other in the same prompt. How is that possible? A pro subscriber value should be safeguarded about models being at capacity. I don’t think there are millions of Pro subscriber in this area of the planet. Any one else experiencing such issue as Pro subscriber? ---
**Author:** ![yungchaoji](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/yungchaoji/32/146952_2.png) [@yungchaoji](https://community.openai.com/u/yungchaoji)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 6:53am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/2 "2026-10-14T06:53:11Z")
yes, same issue. and there are similar issues posted on X. don’t know what happened to OAI currently. there should be a lot of users pivoting to Claude, therefore, such a shortage of compute is abnormal. ---
**Author:** ![feliceM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/felicem/32/448369_2.png) [@feliceM](https://community.openai.com/u/feliceM)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/3 "2026-10-14T07:14:00Z")
I hope is just a temporary issue they can fix because it is resulting in poor service. ---
**Author:** ![feliceM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/felicem/32/448369_2.png) [@feliceM](https://community.openai.com/u/feliceM)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/5 "2026-10-14T07:21:15Z")
In which country area are you guys? I am trying to understand if this is just a local issue or if it is widespread ---
**Author:** ![karolplu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/karolplu/32/745267_2.png) [@karolplu](https://community.openai.com/u/karolplu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/6 "2026-10-14T07:22:58Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/5/f/4/5f4b0dc5d3aa0f916cd98cac5e60a4d75dc8ada0.png) ---
**Author:** ![feliceM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/felicem/32/448369_2.png) [@feliceM](https://community.openai.com/u/feliceM)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/7 "2026-10-14T07:24:19Z")
![Screenshot 2026-10-14 at 09.24.07](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/4/4/e/44e2548af12fdc6b90a9e2808f9588e8e1ea04f3.png) ---
**Author:** ![stefanibrench84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@stefanibrench84](https://community.openai.com/u/stefanibrench84)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/8 "2026-10-14T07:28:25Z")
Currentlly in Middle east and can’t use codex with Astra high and SOL 6.1 high, Pro user ---
**Author:** ![ctmd6666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@ctmd6666](https://community.openai.com/u/ctmd6666)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/9 "2026-10-14T07:39:36Z")
I clearly paid, so why am I getting this result? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/5/0/c/50c012e8cd024a33fbef927a4b290cd530b4c065.png) ---
**Author:** ![phuoctrung.ppt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@phuoctrung.ppt](https://community.openai.com/u/phuoctrung.ppt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/10 "2026-10-14T08:54:53Z")
same, i doesnt saw gpt 6 like sol astra model ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/7/5/2/752fa0c117911d026517e5e463653bbdcd2b06ec.png) ---
**Author:** ![LarisaHaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/larisahaster/32/775514_2.png) [@LarisaHaster](https://community.openai.com/u/LarisaHaster)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/11 "2026-10-14T09:41:48Z")
Hi everyone, This **could** have to do with Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work. > **[Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work - OpenAI Status](https://status.openai.com/incidents/2vfxp7x9)** > > We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. > We are still implementing the mitigation. ---
**Author:** ![mjintech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@mjintech](https://community.openai.com/u/mjintech)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/12 "2026-10-14T09:47:28Z")
I’m running two separate sessions for different projects right now and one of them is completely locked up with the exact same capacity error, no matter what model I switch to. Meanwhile, my other session for a different project is working perfectly fine. It feels like specific chat threads or backend instances are getting glitched or stuck rather than the actual models being overloaded. Maybe try starting a brand-new, separate thread for your project to see if it bypasses the issue? Hopefully, they get this fixed soon! ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/13 "2026-10-14T09:56:12Z")
The status page has been updated and this should be resolved. If you are still encountering this issue please inform us here. And thank you for raising it! > **[OpenAI Status](https://status.openai.com/)** > > Latest service status for OpenAI ---
**Author:** ![TangoToffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@TangoToffee](https://community.openai.com/u/TangoToffee)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/14 "2026-10-14T16:36:52Z")
Yeah, I’m still experiencing the model capacity errors. I’m a pro 20x subscriber. ---
**Author:** ![hajizu2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@hajizu2](https://community.openai.com/u/hajizu2)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/15 "2026-10-15T06:42:46Z")
not yet，still met this issue frequently ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/16 "2026-10-15T15:21:08Z")
The team has rolled out another fix, along with a set of improvements to reduce how often this issue occurs. [https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2110750421367287996?s=20](https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2110750421367287996?s=20) I will close this topic and kindly ask anyone who continues to experience this issue to create a new topic. This will help us distinguish between individual reports. Thank you for your understanding, and thanks again for raising this issue! ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/issue-selected-model-is-at-capacity/1406197/17 "2026-10-15T15:25:12Z")
Closed on October 15, 2026, 3:25pm UTC